Update to the Curation System Proposal

Context

This proposal makes minor tweaks to the current curation system, aiming to address issues observed in the first 3 Seasons.

Proposal

Ad Hoc Curation

• The guidelines set forth by the Curation Committee Internal Regiment are suspended indefinitely, thus precluding the formation of Curatorial Committees in RAW;
• All curatorial decisions will be settled directly by the RAW community;
• Ad Hoc curatorial decisions can be quickly settled with a simple majority non token-weighted Discord poll in the token-gated curation channel;
  • a. the minimum quorum required for a decision is 10% of the authenticated member base;
  • b. there can't be more than 1 Ad Hoc poll live at any moment;
  • c. Ad Hoc polls must include an option to abstain;
  • e. Ad Hoc polls must have a maximum duration of 2 weeks.
• Only members with the “scout” role shall have the right to trigger Ad Hoc curatorial polls in the community;
  • a. the scout role shall be awarded by the community to members who have demonstrated curatorial ability and/or deal making skills, and don’t have clear conflicts of interest, such as being strongly associated to a photography platform or a competing DAO;
  • b. any member fulfilling the requirements of (a) can apply for a scout position;
  • c. after applications are gathered, the top 5 winners of a Discord approval-voting poll with a 1 week duration will be granted the scout role;
  • d. new scout elections shall be held every quarter-end.
• This system can also be used to approve donations.

Community Curation

• Curation Seasons will happen every month according to the following schedule:

  Week	Phase
  Week 1	Nominations
  Week 2	Appraisal & Collection Voting
  Week 3	Specific Pieces Voting
  Week 4	Acquisitions

  • a. weeks 2 — 4 can be moved forward in case the nominations slots are quickly filled.
• Nominations shall be made in a specific form (or platform) so as not to clog discord channels, following these constraints:
  • a. members shall nominate collections, not specific pieces;
  • b. maximum of 1 nomination per member per season;
  • c. maximum of 10 total nominations per season;
  • d. nominations will be considered in chronological order;
  • e. collections in which RAW already has significant positions won’t be considered.
• Voting shall happen in a specific form (or platform) according to these rules:
  • a. the approval voting method will be used, in which members will be able to choose all collections they approve of for RAW to collect;
  • b. members shall vote only once, non-token weighted;
  • c. individuals can nominate and vote on their own works;
  • d. discussions and meetings shall be held in Discord for members to share their opinions during voting;
  • e. colluding and campaigning is prohibited, members aren't allowed to privately reach out to others and influence their decision making;
    • openly sharing one's opinion in a constrained manner in dedicated discussion spaces (i.e. Discord curation channel, curation calls and Discourse topics) is allowed;
    • violation of this rule will result in a member's suspension from the curatorial process for 3 seasons.
  • f. the top 3 voted nominations will be collected;
    • if there is a tie for any position, all tied collections will be collected for up to 4 total collections in descending order of ranking, after which the scouts will be in charge of tiebreaking.
• Acquisitions: the choice of which specific pieces from each collection to purchase will be decided with simple majority Discord polls in a specific token-gated curation-polls channel, triggered by members with the scout role;
  • scouts are expected to liaise with artists and collectors to source good deals for RAW prior to acquisition voting. Regular members can also be engaged in this process;
  • only 1 work will be acquired from each of the winning collections;
  • any ties shall be broken by the scouts.

Closing Remarks

We remain committed to improving our decentralized curation system.